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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Lebanon	Montenegro
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,460	623
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,499	623
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,554	623
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,610	622
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,665	621
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,721	621
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,777	621
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,853	620
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,954	620
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	4,036	621
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	4,082	622
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	4,097	623
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	4,115	622
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	4,206	622
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	4,696	622
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	5,365	621
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	5,640	620
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	5,688	618
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	5,680	616
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	5,562	614
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	5,331	613
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	4,986	612
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	4,802	611
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	4,713	610

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project